Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A computer-implemented method that is adapted to executed by a processor on a portable device to perform the method, comprising: receiving, at a portable device, a message from a remote portable device; inspecting, at the portable device, the message and detecting an email address in the body of the message; validating, at the portable device, the email address is associated with an owner registered to the portable device; sending, from the portable device, a code to the email address; acquiring, at the portable device, a second message having the code; and configuring the portable handheld device to forward subsequent incoming messages or voice calls to the remote portable device.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, processing the method on a phone that is the portable device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the message further includes receiving the message as a text message via a Short Message Service (SMS) protocol over a wireless communication service provider network.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving the message further includes recognizing the remote portable device as a different phone.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein inspecting further includes identifying the email address as a previously registered email address provided previously by the owner, and registered with the method on the portable device by the owner.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring further includes forwarding calendar information included on the portable device in response to an instruction included with the second message.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring further includes forwarding one or more of the following in response to an instruction included with the second message: pictures, videos, files, music, and audio messages.
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April 23, 2013
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